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and final building block in creating a Connected Learning
Community is seamless integration of technology: the total
merging of the modern learning infrastructure and access
to it.
This transparent interaction enables new levels of
learning and new possibilities for the operation and
management of schools. For students, technology becomes
an everyday learning tool that students can exploit to
direct their own learning. For teachers, technology
becomes a comprehensive curriculum development and
Gen Extra Muros is a pedagogy for digital teaching; management environment with new teaching resources
this is the center point to make digital transformation and new opportunities to individualize instruction. For
success. Having digital equipments or digital content will administrators, technology becomes a tool for continuous
not make digital teaching a success - the way you teach is school improvement.
very important. To take advantage of the best technology offers
in education, schools – from the principals to the
administrators to the teachers -- must be willing to
Virtual School: Building the Connected Learning challenge old assumptions and test new solutions.
Community The School should create a digital transformation team;
In the Connected Learning Community, formal the responsibility will be as follows:
education simultaneously meets dual objectives. First, it Mapping physical classes to digital classes, teachers and
creates a lifelong passion for learning in every student that students credential creation, mapping of lesson plans, Time
transcends and outlives school. Second, it encourages and Plans, Digital Resource Plane, Delivery Plan and Human
supports the highest level of student academic achievement. Resource Plan.
The Fundamental Building Blocks In every Gen Extra Muros there will be five teaching
1. A modern learning infrastructure resources in one class session or called as Class Managers,
2. Anytime any place access their rolls and responsibility are as follows:
3. Seamless integration of technology Presenter: Will present the lesson plan to the learner
Collaborator: Will answers the question from the learner
A Modern Learning Infrastructure on chat and clarify their doubts
A modern learning infrastructure is an information Engagement specialist: will test the learning at various
infrastructure that includes technology (hardware, software, intervals and will publish the results to the class managers
peripherals, and connections to the Internet) and a network Content Manager: will drive the class by mapping
of people with technical expertise, practical experience, and different learning objects for a lesson plan, if the learner are
knowledge to share. It also includes information in all its not able to comprehend the lesson the content manager will
available forms change the learning object to suit the learners, they will get
information from Collaborator and Engagement specialist
Anytime, Any Place Access during the class and will deliver content dynamically.
A community can only benefit from a modern learning DTHL coordinator: will look into IT infrastructure,
infrastructure if community members have broad and starting and ending of the class, digital resources needed
easy access to it. In a Connected Learning Community, to conduct the class, entry and exit of students, student
learners of all ages and abilities gain access through attendance, responsible for virtual field trips etc.,
desktop computers, laptops, handheld devices and other
portable technology tools available at school, home, in Digital Content
libraries, businesses, youth centers, public kiosks, and The cube leaders (subject experts) along with their
other points where people gather. Use of the infrastructure team of Content Generators and Digital Content Creators
in a Connected Learning Community does not depend on will create content to be presented in virtual classroom.
owning a computer. They will be responsible for LESSON PLAN, TIME PLAN,
DIGITAL RESOURCE PLAN, DELIVERY PLAN and
Seamless Integration HUMAN RESOURCE PLAN
As businesses have learned, acquiring technology is only
the first, and perhaps the easiest, step in using technology Empowered Teachers
to improve processes and operations. Adjusting the Effective learning has always depended on effective
organization to benefit from technology is more difficult. teachers. In the age of technology-empowered education, the
Technology, while necessary, is not sufficient. The third teacher remains the critical link to learning. The integration

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